tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683330619717959352.post6369873437598853422..comments2018-03-28T14:21:03.567-07:00Comments on The Thought Spot: A Brief Thought Experiment ~ The IslandTodd Williamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683330619717959352.post-42484681893092584142017-12-15T12:54:27.559-08:002017-12-15T12:54:27.559-08:00I appreciate this is a thought experiment. Even n...I appreciate this is a thought experiment. Even now many young people choose to work less and do more of what is of value to them. But this is only an option in developed westernised societies. In many areas of the world people do work to survive and survival may hang on the vagaries of, for example, the weather or crop-destroying pests. It may be a long time before automated systems can cope with these and when they can, would the want to?Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683330619717959352.post-13469659285196965422017-12-15T12:36:13.715-08:002017-12-15T12:36:13.715-08:00Humans as a species only really thrive when there ...Humans as a species only really thrive when there are intellectual and practical challenges. If automation dealt with all the work and other active processes then humans would rapidly become decadent. They would end up as the Eloi in &quot;The Time Machine&quot; by H. G. Wells, merely parasitic on the efforts of automated Morlocks and would ultimately pay the price - not a pleasing thought.Stevenoreply@blogger.com